Most of these web sites are credited to Catherine Cain & Nancy Wegter through their expert teaching of "Web2.0 Tools" with Marian University.
Also see the "Cool Tools" list from Mary Hayes.
Getting started in making a wiki page is easy and fast. This web site will take you through the steps and provide a number of wikis you can use in the classroom or for your own personal "staff development"
Add some creativity to your boring Slide Show and do a "Prezi" instead. It's free, no registration and creates a great presentation piece. SlideShare & Slide are alos great ways to present something a little different:
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
a. Free technology for teachers – See http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ for a variety of Internet resources.ip b. Foreign-language websites – The Language Educator’s Web Watch section features these (among other) websites: • http://www.globe.gov – Science and environmental education in many languages; • http://lefttoright.yolasite.com – Games and activities for language learning, featuring modifications of Mastermind, Scrabble, and Scattergories, and crossword puzz.es in the target language. c. Figment – http://figment.com is like Facebook for aspiring writers – students can share their work with readers around the world. After creating a free Figment profile, students can post original short stories, poems, and novels for their classmates and others to read and review. Figment also has excerpts from new books, interviews with authors, writing contests, and discussions. Before each piece of writing is an estimate of how many minutes it will take to read. d. Tikatok – This website – http://www.tikatok.com/classroom - lets children write, illustrate, and publish their own stories. It also has hints on the writing process as students develop their stories. When a story or book is complete, teachers can order professional-quality hard-cover, paperback, or digital copies. Teacher registration is free. e. Showbeyond– This website is also geared to developing students’ writing, but focuses more on multimedia slideshow narratives:http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home f. National library of virtual manipulatives– Utah State University developed this website to showcase effective visual representations of K-12 math manipulatives in geometry, algebra, measurement, data analysis, probability, and numbers and operations. It’s at http://nlvm.usu.edu. g. GeoGebra – This free website helps make the connection between algebra and geometry: http://www.geogebra.org/cms
“the above sites are from: “Websites to Know” in Teacher PD Sourcebook, Spring 2011
From Mary Hayes-- AMS IMC
In the interest of the “open university” concept and for your summer computing pleasure, I thought I would pass on the list of “cool tools” that the members of my Instructional Technologies course found. They are sites that can help you integrate technology into your curriculum. Let me know if you find anything inspiring that we could work on together!
Also see the "Cool Tools" list from Mary Hayes.
http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/whatsnew.html
http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/
Prezi: http://prezi.com/
Slide Share: http://www.slideshare.net/
Slide: http://www.slide.com/
Example: http://fur.ly/5d1a
The URL above has taken the following sites & created one!!
https://www.dropbox.com/
http://www.oconnorgrading.com/
Designing great looking avatars (cartoon yourself):
Making Avatars
AvatarsVoki
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.wordle.net/
Websites:
a. Free technology for teachers – See http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ for a variety of Internet resources.ipb. Foreign-language websites – The Language Educator’s Web Watch section features these (among other) websites:
• http://www.globe.gov – Science and environmental education in many languages;
• http://lefttoright.yolasite.com – Games and activities for language learning, featuring modifications of Mastermind, Scrabble, and Scattergories, and crossword puzz.es in the target language.
c. Figment – http://figment.com is like Facebook for aspiring writers – students can share their work with readers around the world. After creating a free Figment profile, students can post original short stories, poems, and novels for their classmates and others to read and review. Figment also has excerpts from new books, interviews with authors, writing contests, and discussions. Before each piece of writing is an estimate of how many minutes it will take to read.
d. Tikatok – This website – http://www.tikatok.com/classroom - lets children write, illustrate, and publish their own stories. It also has hints on the writing process as students develop their stories. When a story or book is complete, teachers can order professional-quality hard-cover, paperback, or digital copies. Teacher registration is free.
e. Showbeyond – This website is also geared to developing students’ writing, but focuses more on multimedia slideshow narratives:http://www.showbeyond.com/show/home
f. National library of virtual manipulatives – Utah State University developed this website to showcase effective visual representations of K-12 math manipulatives in geometry, algebra, measurement, data analysis, probability, and numbers and operations. It’s at
http://nlvm.usu.edu.
g. GeoGebra – This free website helps make the connection between algebra and geometry: http://www.geogebra.org/cms
“the above sites are from: “Websites to Know” in Teacher PD Sourcebook, Spring 2011
From Mary Hayes-- AMS IMC
In the interest of the “open university” concept and for your summer computing pleasure, I thought I would pass on the list of “cool tools” that the members of my Instructional Technologies course found. They are sites that can help you integrate technology into your curriculum. Let me know if you find anything inspiring that we could work on together!
I have also copied the list below.
Mary
SOIS 670’s Cool Tools List: 120 Resources!
Spring 2011
The Need for Information
1. American Memory from the LOC (historical collections):
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
2. Archive-It.org (web archiving service): http://www.archive-it.org/index.html?cid=1451072
3. Ask Jeeves for Kids (search engine for kids): http://www.askkids.com/
4. BookAlike (online book recommendations):
http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do
5. Boolify (illustrated web searching): http://www.boolify.org/
6. Diigo (social bookmarking): http://www.diigo.com
7. Edsitement (online humanities information): http://edsitement.neh.gov
8. Evri (Semantic Web search): http://www.evri.com/developer
9. Findings (social reading): https://findings.com/
10. Google Alerts (email updates): http://www.google.com/alerts
11. Google Art Project (online museums and art): http://www.googleartproject.com/
12. Google Reader (centralized website feeds): http://www.google.com/reader/view/
13. Google Earth (virtual globe): http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
14. Google Wonder Wheel (keyword research tool):
http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/google-wonder-wheel-step-by-step
15. International Children's Digital Library (global online library): http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
16. ipl2 for Kids (web portal for kids): http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
17. ipl2 for Teens (web portal for teens): http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/index.html
18. Jing (screenshots/screencasts): http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
19. Khan Academy (online math educational videos/resources): http://www.khanacademy.org/
20. markup.io (website drawing tool): http://markup.io/
21. netTrekker (digital K-12 educational content): http://www.nettrekker.com/us
22. PageFlakes (personal web portal): http://www.pageflakes.com
23. ScreenFlow (screencasting software): http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm
24. Screenr (web-based screen recorder): http://screenr.com/
25. ScreenToaster (browser-based screencasting application): http://www.screentoaster.com/
26. SlimeKids (web portal for kids): http://www.slimekids.com/
27. Teenreads.com (teen online book site): http://www.teenreads.com/
28. Thinkfinity (teaching and learning resources): http://www.thinkfinity.org/?q=in-theclassroom
29. Visual Thesaurus (interactive dictionary and thesaurus): http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
30. Wayback Machine (web archiving): http://www.archive.org/about/about.php
31. Web of Trust (Firefox Add-on – safe browsing tool): http://www.mywot.com/
32. Young Adult Book Central (online book site for tweens and teens):
http://www.yabookscentral.com/
Digital Communication
33. Animoto (video slideshows): http://animoto.com
34. Audacity (audio recordings): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/
35. Class Home Builder (website creation):
http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/index.htm
36. Class Jump (free websites for teachers): http://classjump.com/index.php
37. Discovery Education Streaming (digital teaching resources):
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/administrators/curricular-resources/streamingplus/#/Content
38. Enter the Group (group work platform): http://enterthegroup.com/
39. Flook (location browser): http://flook.it/
40. Glogster (digital posters): http://www.glogster.com/
41. iTunes (digital music/video organizer): http://www.apple.com/itunes/
42. Moodle (open source course management system): http://moodle.org/
43. Microsoft Live Meeting (web conferencing): http://www.microsoft.com/online/office-livemeeting.aspx
44. Ning (social online community site): http://www.ning.com/
45. Reddit (news source): http://www.reddit.com/
46. Scratch (programming language): http://scratch.mit.edu/
47. Scribblar (online collaboration): http://www.scribblar.com/
48. Skype (voice-over IP): http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
49. TED (video “ideas worth sharing”): http://ted.com/
50. Time Toast (online timelines): http://www.timetoast.com
51. TodaysMeet (online backchannel rooms): http://todaysmeet.com/
52. VoiceThread (collaborative, multimedia slideshow): http://voicethread.com/
53. Voki (talking characters): http://voki.com/
54. Yahoo!Messenger (instant messenging): http://messenger.yahoo.com/
Social Networking and Collaboration
55. 4Teachers.org (online teaching tools): http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
56. Academia.edu (academic social networking site): http://academia.edu/
57. ALA Connect (ALA’s online community): http://connect.ala.org/
58. Beremedy (social media for social good): http://beremedy.org/
59. Campusbug (educational social networking tools): http://www.campusbug.com/
60. Cinchcast (create/share rich media): http://www.cinchcast.com/
61. Classroom 2.0 (Web 2.0/social media in education): http://www.classroom20.com
62. Club Penguin (online game for kids): http://www.clubpenguin.com/
63. Convore (instant messaging): https://convore.com/
64. DailyBooth (photo conversations): http://dailybooth.com/
65. Edmodo (social learning platform): http://www.edmodo.com/
66. Freecycle Network (gifting social networking site): http://www.freecycle.org/
67. Goodreads (social network for readers): http://www.goodreads.com/
68. Imbee (social networking platform for kids): http://imbee.com/
69. Kompoz (online workspace for musicians and songwriters):
http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/home.music
70. LivingSocial: Books (social discovery and cataloging network):http://books.livingsocial.com/
71. PBworks (online educational workspaces): http://pbworks.com/
72. Shareaholic (share, save, email links): http://www.shareaholic.com/
73. Shelfari (online community for book lovers): http://www.shelfari.com/
74. Tumblr (blog hosting platform): http://www.tumblr.com/
75. Twiducate (private social network for teachers and students): http://www.twiducate.com/
76. Wikispaces (wiki service): http://www.wikispaces.com
77. Yoursphere (social networking site for kids): https://yoursphere.com/node
78. Zotero (citation management): http://www.zotero.org/
Media Creation, Publishing, and Feedback
79. Adobe After Effects (media creation): http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
80. Artsonia (collaborative student art museum): http://www.artsonia.com/
81. Aviary/Pixlr (multimedia creation): http://www.aviary.com/
82. Bitstrips (cartoon/comic strip creation): http://bitstrips.com/landing
83. Digital Slider (copyright “calculator”): http://www.librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
84. Fur.ly (social bookmarking): http://fur.ly/
85. Gamestar Mechanic (game design): http://gamestarmechanic.com/
86. Kerpoof (multimedia creativity): http://www.kerpoof.com/
87. Livebinder (social bookmarking/resource organizer): http://livebinders.com/
88. MyPublisher (digital photobook): http://www.mypublisher.com/
89. OER Commons (social bookmarking/database/open educational resources):
http://www.oercommons.org/
90. Picnik (photo editing): http://www.picnik.com/
91. Prezi (presentation): http://prezi.com/
92. Protagonize (online writing community): http://www.protagonize.com/
93. Stixy (online bulletin board): http://www.stixy.com/
94. Storybird (collaborative storytelling): http://storybird.com/
95. Tiakatok (online book creation): https://www.tikatok.com
96. Toondoo (cartoon/comic strip creation): http://www.toondoo.com/
97. Vimeo (video sharing): http://www.vimeo.com/
98. VoiceThread (collaborative, multimedia slide show): http://voicethread.com/
99. Vuvox (media production/sharing): http://www.vuvox.com/
On the Horizon
100. Apps in Education (Apple apps for learners): http://appsineducation.com/
101. Avatar Storytelling (3D storytelling site):
http://www.avatarstorytellers.com/default.asp?iId=HILHG
102. Crayon Physics (2D physics puzzle/sandbox game): http://www.crayonphysics.com/
103. Digital Dialects (online language learning games): http://www.digitaldialects.com/
104. Dropbox.com (cloud-based file storage): http://www.dropbox.com
105. EyeDraw (eye tracker drawing): http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/cm-hci/EyeDraw/
106. Flexbooks (e-textbooks): http://www.hmheducation.com/fuse/algebra1/pilot-1.php
107. Fuse (e-textbooks): http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/
108. Gesture-based Computing (e.g., via Wii and the Xbox Kinect): http://www.xbox.com/en-
US/kinect
109. Griffey, Jason (ARLD – the patron of the future): http://jasongriffey.net/
110. HootSuite (social media dashboard): http://hootsuite.com/
111. iTALC (spy software): http://italc.sourceforge.net/
112. Japan Practicum (AR-Geotagging for travel):
http://blogs.dickinson.edu/edtech/2010/11/23/augmented-reality-blogs-geo-tagging-toconnect-
students-with-their-environment-abroad/
113. Layar (augmented reality): http://www.layar.com/
114. MicroWorlds (Dr. Seymour Papert’s Logo-based multimedia authoring tool):
http://www.microworlds.com/
115. National Geographic Education (geoliteracy resource site):
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/
116. Quest Atlantis (educational 3D game world): http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/
117. Quora (social Q & A site): http://www.quora.com/
118. Radford Outdoor Augmented Reality (ROAR; educational AR games):
http://gameslab.radford.edu/ROAR/
119. Tumblebooks (rich media ebooks): http://www.sbrl.org/tumblebook.htm
120. Zamzar (free, online conversion tool): http://www.zamzar.com/